Bob Castelli: What real torture is

I strongly feel the need to respond to the Aug. 26 letter by Jed Dixon of Foster (“Made more enemies”). He argues that we made more enemies after 9/11 because we waterboarded terrorist prisoners for information that would help the United States in it

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Posted Aug. 26, 2014 @ 3:54 pm

I strongly feel the need to respond to the Aug. 26 letter by Jed Dixon of Foster (“Made more enemies”). He argues that we made more enemies after 9/11 because we waterboarded terrorist prisoners for information that would help the United States in its war on terror and save the lives of our people.

He states: “The United States undeniably committed torture after 9/11.”

Do you want to know what real torture is?

Real torture is being burned alive by thousands of gallons of explosive jet fuel when the planes hit those towers.

Real torture is making a decision to jump 100 stories to your death.

Real torture is being crushed by thousands of pounds of concrete as the towers fell.

Real torture is having your head cut off by a savage group of Islamic State terrorists.

We did nothing to provoke these attacks yet we are hated in the Middle East by certain counties and groups, and always will be no matter what we do.

All these people want to kill Americans, yet critics are worried about us “torturing” them with waterboarding.

Now we have the Islamic State targeting us and threatening to come to America. These people won’t stop their crusade against us. America should do whatever it can to protect our people.